Bulbophyllum bliteum

A New Guinea Bulbophyllum described by J.J. Vermeulen in 1993, known from a single wild record in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. The site is at about 1850 m, mild and humid all year. Grow it as a cool-intermediate, always moist epiphyte.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

No habitat notes were found. The single record is in montane forest of the Eastern Highlands, where Bulbophyllum grow as epiphytes on mossy trunks and branches.

The one climate site sits at about 1850 m.

New Guinea (Papua New Guinea, Eastern Highlands)

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.